[Hidden-tech] Mac 10.4 Questions

[Jan Werner]

Stuffit Expander is still free. You can download it from:
http://www.stuffitsoftware.com/stuffit-mac.html?myvariable=aUS010#expander

But it sounds like you have other problems, which might be why it isn't 
working for you. You should probably talk to a Mac expert (which I am 
not) about how to fix your system.

Jan Werner
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> I'd appreciate some help with a few snags I've run into with Mac OS 
> 10.4.10.
> 
> 1) I tried to uncompress a new driver for my router, which all of a 
> sudden can only find the two hard-connected computers and not anything 
> over the wireless network. Stuffit Expander told me it couldn't run 
> without Stuffit Engine, which has unaccountably vanished from my 
> computer. Searching the web, it seems it's no longer a no-cost product, 
> and nor could I find any competitors. Given how few files I need to 
> decompress, I'm not in a great rush to buy a file uncompressor.  What 
> are folks using these days?
> 
> 2) Is there *any* way to change the default setting on the Finder's 
> search function so that it searches a string in a file name, rather than 
> a text string within documents? I could literally write an article while 
> it searches and I always forget to change it. Besides, it would save me 
> oodles of time reconfiguring it every day if I could default to what I 
> need for 98 percent of my searches.
> 
> 3) In general, performance on my G4 iMac has been absurdly slow for 
> several months. Yes, I have a lot of files--but  I also have 11.87 GB of 
> unused disk space. It just crawls--like taking several minutes over 
> broadband to download the router firmware. Any recommendations to speed 
> it up? I was thinking I could off-load several gigs to an external 
> drive, and that might at least speed up iPhoto. is that a good method? 
> Are there better?
> 
> 4) I'm using Spamfire 1.0. Recentl, I started having a problem with some 
> mail addressed to shel at principledprofit.com--but when I try to rescue, 
> Spamfire gives me: "Error 450 unable to find principledprofits.com" 
> (note the s in the domain--it's not in the actual email). The company 
> has closed its support department. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks so much,